新概念英语第三册课文重点Lesson37~39

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　　新概念英语第三册Lesson37课文重点精讲解析

　　1.We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual.

　　背诵句型

　　We have learnt to expect that... : 我们已经习惯于期盼......

　　2.After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables.

　　背诵句型

　　developed an unshakable faith in :对......产生了......样的信念

　　Ex：I advise you not to put your faith in such a remedy.

　　3.Only an exceptionally heavy snow fall might temporarily dislocate railway services.

　　背诵句型

　　4.It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong.

　　too...to句型中，在too前出现了all, only, but, not等词的时候，to就有肯定意义

　　句子中It 为先行词,在句子中作形式主语,to blame...这一动词不定式短语在句子中作逻辑主语.

　　比较

　　too..to .. 太...以致不能做...

　　does 为助动词,这里表示强调,意为"真的""的确"

　　5.The truth is that when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs.

　　be likely to do 有可能 ...

　　Ex：

　　You are likely to get success if you work hard.

　　It is likely that...

　　It is likely that he arrived here in time.

　　when 为从属连词,在 that引导的从句中引导一个时间状语从句

　　ours & theirs均为斜体,表强调. ours=our mistakes, theirs=their mistakes.

　　6.After consulting my railway timetable, I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train

　　to Westhaven.

　　After 后,直接使用分词短语,在句中作时间状语.

　　Ex：After talking to you I always feel better.

　　with satisfaction 满意地. 为介词"with+抽象名词"构成的短语结构, 作状语,修饰noted . 句中 that为关系连

　　词,引导其后的宾语从句.

　　7.It went direct from my local station and the journey lasted a mere hour and seventeen minutes.

　　direct from...to... 直接从...到...

　　8.When I boarded the train, I could not help noticing that a great many local people got on as well.

　　At the time, this did not strike me as odd.

　　could not help doing...禁不住做...其后接名词,代词,或动名词

　　Ex：

　　Many poeple can't help admiring the picture when they look at it.

　　strike sb as 给某人以......印象，使某人感到; as后面可以接分词、名词、形容词搭配连用。

　　Ex：

　　Your plan struck me as rather impracticel.

　　9. I reflected that there must be a great many people besides myself who wished to take advantage of

　　this excellent service.

　　背诵句型

　　take advantage of 利用.在使用这个短语时, 在介词of 后可以是人,也可以是物,作宾语.但所表示的意义不同.

　　当以人为宾语时,往往含贬义,主要指利用某人的弱点而占某人的便宜. 因此常带表示"欺骗,捉弄"的含义.

　　Ex：Don't try to take advantage of me; I know fully well what you are up to.

　　当以物为宾语时,既可用与褒义,也可用与贬义;作褒义时,表示"利用"; 作贬义是,表示"乘机利用",往往指利用别人

　　的不幸或不利等攻击或打击别人,以达到自己的目的.

　　Ex：

　　I should like to take advantageof this oppertunity to express my thanks for your help. (褒义)

　　He always thaks full advantage of the mistakes made by his revals. (贬义)

　　10.Neither was I surprised when the train stopped at Widley.

　　Neither: 当要说明某人,某事或某种情况与前面提到的相同,并且均为否定含义时, 可以使用Neither引导的这个句

　　子.但必须倒装语序.

　　Ex：I admit I have made a mistake, neither do I deny the serious consequences it may have.

　　11.Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals.

　　hold up:=hold back, hinder, prevent

　　12.It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour

　　dawn on sb 渐渐被某人明白

　　Ex：The idea suddenly dawned on me.

　　13.There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white

　　a note of: 有一丝...

　　black and white: 白纸黑字

　　新概念英语第三册Lesson38课文重点精讲解析

　　1.Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own

　　times.

　　in a unique position: 处于无以伦比，独一无二的情况

　　come to: start, begin

　　2.They will hardly know which facts to select from the great mass of evidence that steadily

　　accumulates.

　　背诵句型

　　select from 从......中进行选择(同类中)

　　choose挑选(凭个人意愿)

　　1)有三种情况choose和 select不能互换：

　　1.当在两者中选一个时只能用choose, 即choose between

　　Ex

　　We have to choose between leaving early and paying for taxi.

　　2.choose可带 wh从句

　　Ex

　　I'll let you choose where we should go to eat.

　　3.choose to do 只能用choose.

　　Ex

　　What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same

　　moment.(L33 )

　　He has deliberately chosen to lead the life he leads and is fully aware of the consequences. (L27)

　　2)select比choose更正式， 即在许多同类的人或物当中根据客观标准对这两个加以比较，鉴别，认真地挑选出的

　　、最喜欢的、最有用的。

　　Ex：She selected a dictionary from the library.

　　3.What is more they will not have to rely solely on the written word. Films, videos. CDs and CD-ROMs

　　are just some of the bewildering amount of information they will have.

　　What is more 更有甚者，furthremore,moreover 是的意思

　　what is worse 更糟糕的是

　　rely on: depend on 依靠，指望

　　Ex：

　　They have to rely on rain for their water. 依靠

　　We are relying on you to get us out of this mess. 指望

　　solely: adv. 地 only, just, nearly

　　4.They will be able, as it were, to see and hear us in action.

　　背诵句型

　　as it were 可以说，似乎，好像.此位虚拟语气的状语从句,可用于各种时态的句子中.通常作为独立成分的插入语

　　使用,位于句中,前后用逗号分开.其作用是表示所指的那个词或那句话是个比喻说法.

　　Ex：

　　He is as it were a walking dictionary.

　　A good dictionary is a useful tool and , as it were, a constant friend to a student of language.

　　比较

　　as it is=in fact=in really=actually=as a matter of fact 事实上

　　Ex：

　　I thought things would get better,but as it is , they are getting worse.

　　5.But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult

　　task.

　　be faced with: be in the position in which one must deal with a problem or unpleasant situation. 面

　　临(因境，问题)往往不是出于主语的意愿.

　　Ex：

　　A great many people are faced with losing their jobs.

　　He was faced with many difficulties which, with the help of his friends, he successfully overcame.

　　6.Even seemingly insignificant remains can shed interesting light on the history of early man.

　　shed light on=throw light on=cast light on 意思是：make a matter clear or understood...照亮...使...

　　清楚显现.

　　Ex：

　　Can you shed any light on the case of the fire?

　　The investingation shed new light on the mystery.

　　remains==ruins 遗迹，遗物

　　insignificant==unimportant

　　7.Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of

　　agriculture,for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons.

　　up to now=so far 到目前为止

　　come into being=come into existence 产生，出现

　　be faced with a real need to do sth. 面临着做某事的真正需要

　　Ex：We are faced with a real need to learn English well.

　　8. Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect.

　　indicate 揭示

　　9.By correlating markings made in various parts of the world, historians have been able to read this

　　difficult code.

　　correlate 相互联系

　　By...world作方式状语,修饰 have been able to read . 此介词短语中的made in...world 为过去分词短语作定

　　语,修饰markings.

　　10. It has long been known that the hunting scenes depicted on walls were not simply a form of

　　artistic expression.

　　It作形式主语,其后由关系连词引导的从句为逻辑主语. that 从句中的depicted on walls 为过去分词短语, 作定

　　语, 修饰scenes.

　　新概念英语第三册Lesson39课文重点精讲解析

　　1.The rough road across the plain soon became so bad that we tried to get Bruce to drive back to the

　　village we had come from.

　　get sb to do sth: persuade / advise sb. to do

　　so...that 太...以至于...为关联词, 引导结果状从.

　　we had come from. 定语从句, 由于先行词village 在从句中作介词 from 的宾语,因此在village 与从句间省略

　　了关系代词 that/which.

　　2.Even though the road was littered with boulders and pitted with holes, Bruce was not in the least

　　perturbed.

　　not in the least=not at all / not a bit/ not the least bit 一点也不, 通常用于否定句, 疑问句或条件句

　　中.

　　Ex：Are you in the least interesting in becoming a teacher?

　　be littered with 布满;be pitted with 因...而坑坑洼洼. 他们共用一个主语 the road ,使句子更简洁.

　　3. It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties.

　　not that 并不是说...并非...多用于口语有时作插入语,对所说情况作进一步说明

　　Ex：We were allowed to rest, not that much of the night remained.

　　有时用 not that...but (that)...表示"不是...而是..."

　　Ex：It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties, but he simply had no sence of danger

　　at all.

　　4.We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the

　　engine.

　　sooner or later 迟早,作时间状语.

　　Ex：If you drive like that, sooner or later you'll have an accident.

　　5.Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol

　　behind us.

　　keep doing sth: 除表示连续不断的动作或持续状态外,还表示反复发生的动作.

　　look back 回头看 wondering 从句做伴随状况状语

　　6.What a relief it was when the boulders suddenly disappeared, giving way to a stretch of plain

　　where the only obstacles were clumps of bushes. What 感叹词

　　give way to 为......所代替. 现在分词作结果状语.

　　Ex：The great clouds gradually broke up and give way to blue sky.

　　7.But there was worse to come.

　　worse为名词."更糟糕的事情".

　　to come 动词不定式作定语.修饰worse

　　8. In response to renewed pleadings, Bruce stopped.

　　in response to : in reaction to

　　Ex：In reponse to an invitation we attended the meeting.

　　9.We informed him that the fissure extended for fifty yards and was two feet wide and four feet

　　deep.

　　two feet wide and four feet deep 数量词+度量单位+ wide/deep 指...宽/深

　　10.Before we had time to worry about what might happen, we were back on the plain again.

　　背诵句型

　　当用Before表示"在...没有...之前" 或" 在未来得及...前" 的意思时, Before只能用于肯定式中表达否定含义.

　　而不能将其用于否定式中.

　　11. A yellow light on the dash- board flashed angrily and Bruce cheerfully announced that there was

　　no oil in the engine!

　　angrily 形容"灯",是拟人手法, 与cheerfully 以对比形式出现. 形成修辞--对照法. 即将相反或相对的两个意思

　　或两个词以对等的结构安排在句中,形成对照, 增强表达效果.

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